The Tron and Tether anti-fraud partnership is adding a second major analytics firm: the three companies formed the Digital Crime Task Force to find and disrupt illicit activity involving USDT on the Tron blockchain, with AI-enabled crime named as an explicit focus.

The group will gather intelligence on illicit flows and work directly with law enforcement to shorten the time between spotting a threat and freezing the funds. Chainalysis supplies the blockchain analytics, Tether holds the power to freeze USDT at specific addresses, and Tron provides the network where a large share of that USDT activity happens.

Chainalysis estimates at least $154B flowed to illicit addresses in 2025, up 162% year over year.

The earlier Tron and Tether effort with TRM Labs, the T3 Financial Crime Unit, reported more than $450M in frozen assets across 23 jurisdictions before it was dissolved in late August 2026 over coordination issues. Tron has said more anti-crime initiatives will follow.